U.S. Reveals Strategic Nuclear Arsenal Is 5,113 Warheads
Trying to rally world support toward nuclear arms proliferation, State and Defense department officials reveal that the U.S. had 5,113 strategic warheads in its nuclear weapons stockpile as of Sept. 30, 2009—down 84% from levels in Fiscal 1967, when the nuclear arsenal peaked at 31,255 warheads...
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